Reel Tunez, The Radio Show All About the Movies review (5/29/23): "Blackberry"
If you like historic movies about technology.. movies that feel like a documentary or History Channel movie... then this is for you.
This is the true story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone. At one time, 45% of the smart phones in use where Blackberry.. and now is about 0%.
Either the people at this company were the biggest nerds ever.. and goofballs.. or the movie was highly exaggerated. Lead actors were Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerto, & Matt Johnson (who really, in my opinion, was cartoonish in his acting). It was fun to see Cary Elwes in this as well. You remember him from "The Princess Bride" as Westley.
Visually, this movie is fine on a TV screen at home as it lacks "big screen appeal". Audio is fine on a home TV or stereo (as even that doesn't merit the quality of Dolby Theater sound).
A dry movie that could be "tightened up" with better editing (some scenes were "beating the dead horse" over and over and dredged on. On a 1 to 10 scale with 10 being the best, I'd give it about a 5.5. I consider anything over a 5 having some merit to see.. and less that 5 is a waste of time. In my opinion the reviews are greatly over-rating this movie. When people rate something like this a 9 or 10, you really wonder what a REAL classic movie would rate??
If you like historic movies about technology.. movies that feel like a documentary or History Channel movie... then this is for you.
This is the true story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the world's first smartphone. At one time, 45% of the smart phones in use where Blackberry.. and now is about 0%.
Either the people at this company were the biggest nerds ever.. and goofballs.. or the movie was highly exaggerated. Lead actors were Jay Baruchel, Glenn Howerto, & Matt Johnson (who really, in my opinion, was cartoonish in his acting). It was fun to see Cary Elwes in this as well. You remember him from "The Princess Bride" as Westley.
Visually, this movie is fine on a TV screen at home as it lacks "big screen appeal". Audio is fine on a home TV or stereo (as even that doesn't merit the quality of Dolby Theater sound).
A dry movie that could be "tightened up" with better editing (some scenes were "beating the dead horse" over and over and dredged on. On a 1 to 10 scale with 10 being the best, I'd give it about a 5.5. I consider anything over a 5 having some merit to see.. and less that 5 is a waste of time. In my opinion the reviews are greatly over-rating this movie. When people rate something like this a 9 or 10, you really wonder what a REAL classic movie would rate??